Re: XP Home Networking-Share File Problem

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 21:58:27 -0800, 4cats1dog
<4cats1dog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>If this issue has been covered before please excuse me. I have looked
>through several threads but haven't found an answer that works for me.
>I have a wireless laptop, and hard wired Dell Desktop and HP Desktop (host)
>as the main computer, all on XP Home They can all access the internet fine
>and the Laptop can share files with the Dell and vice versa, but neither the
>laptop nor the Dell can access the files on HP. HP can access files on Dell
>Desktop and the Laptop. I have the files set to share on all 3, the firewall
>doesn?t seem to be the issue ( I turned it off and that didn?t work). I?ve
>run the troubleshooter on HP and even rerun the whole networking process on
>all 3 machines but I still get this message: \\HP is not accessible. You
>might not have permission to use the network resource. Contact the
>administrator of the server to find out if you have access permission.
>Access Denied.
>Guest account is turned on, on all computers. All computers are in the same
>workgroup. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

One of the most common causes of this problem would be a misconfigured or
overlooked personal firewall, but there are other possibilities too. Even when
you might have "turned it off", you can still have problems. And antivirus /
antiworm protection can have the same effect. Read this article:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

Did you activate Guest properly for network use? Read this article:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help

If no help yet, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
computer, so we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked
articles, and follow instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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